I-539 pending for B2 extension and travel to Mexico

[tomlli]

Hi, my mother is on B2 visa with I-94 expiring this weekend. Her I-539 application for extension was submitted in January and is still pending. We went for a trip to Cancun Mexico for a week and came back a few days ago. The border officer re-validated her I-94 without changing the I-94 number or the date, but said her I-539 application may be cancelled and we need to contact USCIS. Is this true? The online status of her I-539 case still shows "Case was received". What can I do at this point? Thanks.

[newacct]

Hi, my mother is on B2 visa with I-94 expiring this weekend. Her I-539 application for extension was submitted in January and is still pending. We went for a trip to Cancun Mexico for a week and came back a few days ago. The border officer re-validated her I-94 without changing the I-94 number or the date, but said her I-539 application may be cancelled and we need to contact USCIS. Is this true? The online status of her I-539 case still shows "Case was received". What can I do at this point? Thanks.

Yes. Once she left the US, she no longer had status, and there was therefore no status to extend, so the extension of status was abandoned.

[tomlli]

Yes. Once she left the US, she no longer had status, and there was therefore no status to extend, so the extension of status was abandoned.

But wasn't the status (I-94) re-validated after reentering from Canada or Mexico within 30 days? The threads linked below also seem to suggest so.

https://www.immihelp.com/forum/showthread.php/190901-apply-for-i-94-extension-while-visiting-Canada

https://www.immihelp.com/forum/showthread.php/192964-Traveling-outside-USA-while-Visitor-Visa-(B2)-extension-application-is-pending